New patent enables driverless taxis to brake or swerve if a cyclist crashes, months after autonomous vehicle firm Waymo warned avoiding cycle lanes was “too high a bar”

New patent enables driverless taxis to brake or swerve if a cyclist crashes, months after autonomous vehicle firm Waymo warned avoiding cycle lanes was “too high a bar”

The autonomous driving tech firm Waymo has filed a patent to teach a self-driving car to read body posture so it can identify a falling pedestrian or cyclist and adjust its actions accordingly.The patent, filed in July and published yesterday, contains drawings detailing cameras and laser sensors that scan people at several different points on ...